[Bug 1040401] Re: Lubuntu Live CD - AMD64+Mac 12.10 build Aug 21 2012. Persistence functionality not enabled.

[Ron Mitchell]

I have tried to enable persistence again, making sure I was doing what
you suggested  above. I am currently using today's build - Sept 26 2012,
and I am still unable to get persistence going. Confirmed that I have a
file on my USB stick called casper-rw. Confirmed that I am passing the
arguement 'persistent' to the kernel on bootup by pressing F6 and adding
it to the command line. Confirmed that on my USB stick there is an ext3
file system. The files "lost and found" and "casper-rw" exist within it.

I have also tried the program Startup Disk Creator from the Lubuntu
Software Centre. That didn't correctly provide persistence either, even
though I had moved the slider over to 3.5 Gig. It won't boot on my
MacBook because of the EFI boot system Apple Uses, however I expected
that.

The computer I'm doing for all of this is a 2008 MacBook - with Intel
core duo 2.4 Ghz. 4 Gigabytes of RAM and a 250 Gigabyte internal hard
drive, all of which is devoted to Lubuntu testing. When I want OS X
Lion, I have it on an external USB drive.

The only place I've been able to get persistence to work on my Windows
computer (Win 7) and run Ubuntu 12.04 from a live CD. Then I run Startup
Disk Creator there. There I can browse files, change the desktop, change
the settings on my browser, browse a few pages, write a short text file
and save it to the desktop, and everything was preserved as it should
be.

Ron Mitchell

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Title:
  Lubuntu Live CD - AMD64+Mac 12.10 build Aug 21 2012. Persistence
  functionality not enabled.

Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Attempting Test Case dls-003 Live Session Persistence with Lubuntu
  12.10 build Aug 21 2012 - AMD64+Mac.

  formatted a 16 Gig USB stick in the prescribed manner, and followed
  steps given in the details of the test case.

  Rebooted the Live disk with addition of the word 'persistence' added
  to the command line <F6> booted into Lubuntu, and used the Chrome
  browser provided to browse several websites.

  Rebooted the live CD as required by the Test Case, also with
  persistence.

  The USB stick was installed throughout these two boots.

  There was no record of my browsing history provided by casper-rw.

  Accordingly I had to fail the test case

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: casper (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-9.9-generic 3.5.0
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-9-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Aug 22 20:44:56 2012
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64+mac (20120813)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: casper
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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